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Episode Date: January 6, 2025

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What's up everybody? Welcome to the kind of funny games cast for Monday, January 6th, 2025. I'm one of your host, Greg Miller on a star-studded panel that includes Forbes 30 under 30, aka the second best baby blues in San Francisco, aka. And he has to go first because, of course, he is the fantasy critic champion for 2024 at Tim Getty's. Let's Tim host. Three victories in 2024. Game showdown season one. Game showdown season two.

Fantasy critic, baby. Let's go. Yeah. Well, we'll see if that luck goes again, all right, if it's able to maintain. Especially we have the commissioner, maybe. Who the fuck do we got reviewing Marvel rivals, Greg? Like, come on, dude. Outrageous.

Don't even get me started. You know what he knows the name of every single one of them. You can handle that. It's a nine out of ten. Yeah. That's just the insulting, the insulting ones that were said. You know, we'll get to it later. Of course, he's the commissioner of the

Bind, Boney, games cast, fantasy critic lead, Forbes under 30, 40, aka leftover poppy. It's blessing at a. Oh, yay, Jr. Good day, Greg. Good day to you. I hope you're going to call this one down the middle this year. I always do. Okay, of course. He's the master of hype snow bike, Mike.

Hello, Greg, nice to see you. I'm upset. You didn't tell me it was Bibb Gene Day. Greg, just want to remind you and everyone out there heard someone on Saturday night maybe forgot about overall Mondays. And, of course, Snowbike Mike never forgets, like an elephant, Tim. Always remembering. And so one of our panelists here might have forgot about overall Mondays.

Was it the taste maker? And I wanted to make sure he remembers when Andy Cortez. No, no. Andy says, did we forget about overall Mondays? Mike never forget. I mean, you could look at the last eight months of 2024. I think everybody forgot about it. New year, new year, first Monday of the year.

It's of course, Nitro rifle Andy Cortez. I think you forgot about it until I've reminded you. First Monday of the year, I'm wearing. Best friends. Okay. Got them best friends right here, you know? We'll see in May. No, he will remember in May, though, to spite me.

Of course, then, our last competitor from last year is, of course, the tastemaker, Roger Percorni. Biggest comeback of the year. I'm just putting it out there. You know what I mean? Like, I got 50 points last year, 150. Where's the biggest loser thing we put around your neck? We didn't get that made. We didn't get that made.

It was probably on me to make it, but then I just didn't make it. You know? Of course, last competitor. Sorry, on the panel, I sat on the panel. I said on the panel. At the table. Eric, can you make us a biggest loser thing with a little hole punch put around his neck? Come on.

is he trying to fix your mic? You're trying to just get recognized. CEO Jr. He's trying to make everything work. It's Barrett Courtney who will be doing his fantasy draft from control. That's who was on fantasy draft last year. But ladies gentlemen and NBs, we have a special guest coming back to the Fantasy Critic League.

It's the one, the only, the best voice in the business. Paris Lilly. Hello, Greg. Hey, Paris. How are you? My goal is to not finish in last place. How did that go for you last time? When you did this last time, how did that net out for you?

Because it was the X-Cast versus PlayStation 1-Ram. I don't think I was in last place. Probably Gary. Yeah, it was probably good. Yeah. Oh, hold on. Oh, God. Of course, everybody, I have stars in the bars.

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It's an annual tradition that we love and call fantasy critic. I have talked at length. Blessing you are the commissioner of the. fantasy critic league what is fantasy critic if folks don't know yeah fantasy critic is a game where we each draft a bunch of video games that are coming out throughout the course of the year and we compete to see who can draft the best team of games based on what their score is going to be on open critic and so we go around uh we have 10 slots to draft 10 games today for the opening draft we each will draft five and then over the course of the rest of the year we have our um we have money budgets yeah we have

budgets that we use to like draft games as they're announced during the year or like even if this episode ends and we're like oh there's still something on the table want to get it we each have a budget of $100 each um those are secret bids and so throughout the week whenever you want we can bid for a game and if we bid the highest amount for that game on saturday the bids process and whoever bid the highest amount gets that game so if half-fly three was announced next or this february right it was it was announced february say andy bid $10 for it i bid $20 for it Greg bid $80. Greg would get the game on the Saturday that those bid is bids happened.

Correct. What the hell was that? Nobody saw her trading, Greg. I don't know what you're doing. I know. I mean, there's a bunch of little minutia things,

right? So we draft five games today. And at the very end, then we draft a counter pick. The idea being there is that Andy, everybody has to draft a counterpick. So you look at the game you think will perform the least good or be the worst game somebody drafted.

You pick that. The idea here is that, on open critic. For every point one of your games gets above 70, you get a point for your score. If it goes below 70, you lose those points. For, of course, the counterpick, the idea would be that you're hoping

it's below 70, so you would get the negative point somebody else would get, you'd get it. And above 90, you get two points. Yeah, yeah, per point, which is crazy. Worked that really well for you, huh? It did. It did. Yep. So the strategy again, for picking your actual games, right?

You want to go for what has the highest open critic what you think is going to have the highest open critic. To reiterate again what Greg just said, any point above 70 gets you a point. So if something scores 75, that means you get five points. And something scores 80, that means you get 10 points. What happens if you get

a game that scores above 90, is for each point above 90, it then counts as two points. So if something gets 92, you get those original 20 points up to 90, but then you get four points for the extra two, right? So 92 would then be 24. If I do that math correctly.

And yes, counterpicks work the opposite way. So for counterpicks, you're trying to get games that you think are going to score the lowest under 70, hopefully. Or you're trying to get something that maybe won't come out this year because for unreleased games, those net out at an even 70 for zero points. I think a few more things. Oh, eligibility, right? So we're drafting new games. We do have tags because, of course, games can be many things nowadays, right? There's DLC, there's early access, there's all these things.

We have legal tags and then we have banned tags. We're working off of the same rules from last year. And so games that you can't draft are games that currently are already in early access, which means Hades 2 is not on the table. Mike's give you a look. You know what? I got them on speed down. Let me get a hold of them.

Hades 2 is not on the table. Path of Exile 2 is not on the table. Directors cuts are banned. Expansion packs are banned. Wait what? So expansion pack, that would be like a doom eternal. I guess that is different from last year, isn't it? Yeah. Last year we were able to draft information.

Yeah, we were able to draft. Okay, I'm going to switch that. I'm going to make that legal because I think, yeah, we did that last year. Destiny helped out. Fair, just commission. Now do the commission ignore a legal trade that had been filed? You know what I mean? It was legal. Could have changed everything.

There was no negative votes for it. But the commission ignored it. He did approve it. Oh, wow. Wow. I was on break. This is some lame duck president shit where you let the bill sit on your desk. rather than approve it.

So as I go, right, more band tags. I might have to edit this because I think some of these are wrong. But partial remakes I have. So like Demon Souls, Shadow Colossus, Diablo 2, DTA, the trilogy. Resident Evil. Well, Resident Evil, I think, would count as a reimagining because reimagining is also a different tag.

This is some fucking garbage nonsense, bad. How isn't this complicated? Oh, looks like there's some rules. The former champ. You know what I mean? There's some rules. You can't deal with it. You know what I mean?

Can't do those ones? You can't do partial remake? The default on the website. website is that you can't. I might open up last year to see what it was because I feel like those would have been allowed. No, we did because I did braid and that was a postal partial remake. Here, go look at it and I can walk people through some other stuff.

So Roger's score was worse then. Of course, if you want a history lesson, it is like 20 points in a single digits. If you want a history lesson for how it all has gone down. We've been doing this since 2021. In 2021, the winner was blessing in 2022. It was Janet in 2023. It was May

and in 2024, it was in 2024. It was in fact, Timothy Gettys, who won with 146.27 points. In honor of January 6th, we will stop this deal. Behind him was me in second place with 142. Point 23. Behind that, Barrett Courtney with 129, 12. Behind that, Snowbike Mike, in fourth place with 125.74. Behind that blessing right on his heels with 123.07 in fifth place.

Andy Cortez had 99.47 points in 6th.5. place. Imagine by you how to play. Like, you guys are screwed, bro. Well, that's one of the

things that we haven't, as we're reading through this. Another thing, of course, is that you get one drop of any game. You can drop a game no matter what.

But once that's done, you can't drop anything else with the exception of did not, will not release. You can get out of a game that you pick that won't get released. Correct, I believe.

Yeah, but get out of jail free card. Yeah. It's like two, isn't? Yeah, it's multi. Two unreleased? I don't, I don't know. Yeah, the game gets delayed out of the year. I think it's like two drops.

So you have three drops of games that will not release. Games that are confirmed to not come out this year, you can drop three of those. You have one free drop of anything. Yeah. So you have four total drops that you could possibly do. Okay. Yeah. One more time, I just want to, in sixth place was Andy with 99.47 points.

Just on, nipping at the heels of 100 points. Yeah. And then below him in seventh place was Roger with 55 points. Last pick. I didn't, no, that's not how that works. And also, I just didn't know all the buttons work. So like this year, figured it out. You're not a sports guy.

I don't understand. I don't understand. Yeah, I don't understand what games are coming out next year. And, you know, I'm never going to listen to the chat ever again. So good stuff. So I have a question. If I can go back to what Blessing was saying with the remake stuff. So if Oblivion remake comes out, does you can't, that doesn't count?

So, okay. Blessing's finishing that right now. Yeah. So we have certain band tags and allowed tags. And I think I figured this out now. Right. So right now the band tags that I have are games that are currently in early acts. says so yeah, Hades 2 wouldn't be eligible, something like that.

Directors cuts, and so something, like the director's cuts that we've gotten from PlayStation would be announced. Ports, so something like Doom 2016 for Switch wouldn't be eligible. Games that have been already released internationally wouldn't be allowed, and then remasters, straight up remasters wouldn't be allowed. The allowed tags and speak up or forever hold your piece on this, right, if you don't like it. A loud tags are free to play games, right?

If it comes out, and it's free to play, fair game. if it comes out for early access pregame, right? And again, the idea there is it has to have a score on open critic. If it doesn't get a score on open critic, that means you don't get the points. So an example of this would be, Hades 2 is not eligible this year, but it was eligible last year. Exactly.

New games, of course, are eligible. New gaming franchises are eligible. So that would be things like Reson to Evil 2 remake or Final Fantasy 7 remake. So that makes sense, right? Like Final Fantasy 7 remake, same but different. Like very different. What's up, Tim?

So we're going by how the fantasy critic website tags these. It's not what we think. It's not whatever. It's how they tag it. Can the games be tagged two things? Based on these, I do not believe so. Good, cool.

So we're letting the website do its own designations. If anybody has any issues or whatever, you can come to me and I'll put it up to like the other players. And it has to be a unanimous decision of, all right, you know what? Websites on bullshit. We're going to allow this thing. we can let that happen.

Can we just call the owner of the creator of fantasy critic? Sure. Is that, oh, okay. Yeah, just want to make sure that's legal for you. I've reached out to the chat. Yeah, you've reached out to the chat because I see you pinned a post in here says, give me your picks. I'm cheating.

We're not using the chat. Get out of the chat, my chat is closed. However, I do have super chats open. So as we go, if you want to talk about what you would have picked or what this where or why that's a bad pick, feel for your super channel. YouTube.com slash kind of funny. Blessing. One more thing.

Making it clear. I'm looking at a Google Doc. Hades 2.0 comes out tomorrow. That's not eligible. Okay. Yeah. Hades 2 would not count if it came out tomorrow. Stop trying to draft Hades 2, everybody. So again, like I mentioned, reimaginings are available. Remakes are available.

So something like The Legend of Zelda, Links Awakening, something like Crash Insane Trilogy or Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, those would be eligible. Unannounced games are eligible, right? If you wanted draft, I don't know, the next unannounced Mario game or whatever. Go for it. What's up, Tim? Well, question.

Is that eligible if it's not on the website? It is on the website. That one is. But like, unannounced Zelda game's not. Are you sure? Unannounced Star Fox games not. I mean, the website has a lot. I think if it's on the website you can do it, but if it's not, you can't.

Yeah, you can't. If it's not, then either you can or maybe. There's no gentleman's agreement here. You're going to fucking say something and we got to. As far as I've seen, because I've looked up a lot of these, they have like their bases covered for like a lot of games that are rumored essentially. Nintendo dogs. Yeah.

That's the thing is rumored games usually are on there. If it's something just doesn't exist yet, then it would probably won't be on there. Virtual reality is eligible. Games that will release internationally interest. Just put that on.

This is a great sword and shield simulator I was looking at. Partial remakes are available. So Demon Souls, Shadow Colosses, those things. Expansion packs are eligible.

And then finally, yearly installments are eligible. So FIFA, call duty, et cetera. Hell yeah. Those are the tags. Fucking hit it and let's do this.

This is a live draft. Draft order, is it randomized? It is randomized. No. Let's set the tone right now. You earn your draft spot. If you win, you're first and it goes down the line. That's what we're doing like...

No, you come in last place. You're asking at the bottom. That's how we're saying. I'm sending the tone right now. You earned your pick and we've earned our party. The commissioner. Yeah, you're not the commissioner. I was going to consider it.

I was going to consider it. Yeah, you said it all angry. You're out. We've added Paris. And like that just throws things for... Paris picture number, we just put them right there. So yeah, we're doing this randomly.

Right? Boo! Love it. I'm hitting the button. I'm hitting the button now. Push the button. That's funny because they do, the recommended here is inverse of last year's results.

But I am hidden it randomly for this year, like the way most sports happened. I am telling the people who made this to fuck off and I'm doing it my way. All right. Your draft order is as follows. At number one, you have Sad Boy Barrett.

Yo! Refresh it, Barrett. It should be there. At number two, you have Snowbike Mike. Are you fucking kidding? You're so dumb. You're so dumb. At number three, we have Tim Geddes. At number four, you have Blessing. At number five, you have Paris Lily.

At six, you have Raj Former. At seven, you have Andy Cortez. And at eight, you have Greg Miller. That sucks. That's insane. Also something that should be of note, it is a snake draft. So we will go in that order. And then once we get to Greg Miller,

Greg then gets to go again, and then we work our way reverse back up through Andy, Roger, Paris, back all the way up, and then, again, Snake, back the way down. And so that's how it works. Do we have any questions before we get started? Yeah, how dare you? God is good.

God is good. That's not a question. All right, let's do it. Let's kick this thing off. Sad boy, bear. You're the first pick. Oh, this sucks because I did not want to go first, and I didn't expect to go first.

So I have a list of 40 games, and one of those games is not GTA 6 because I wasn't expecting to get first spot and I feel like that's got to be the first pick It's got to be It's got to be I'm with you I hemmed in Hawn What if it gets delayed?

I was dreaming last night of this If it gets delayed like You drop it? Yeah I know The thing about GTA which is great For you Barrett right this Is that they'll actually announce it That's not coming out

Yeah This is the problem with the other games You pick some indie And they just never say anything You can never get it off your thing GTA they will be very very He'll get the chance to drop it. That's a good call.

Yeah, it's... I got to do it. By the way, I already like what I'm seeing in Super Chat right now. It's kind of like our draft experts where when people are putting in the game, I'm like, oh, that's good. I get to call out.

They said this about the game. Where do I go to draft? Roger just fucking, like... Oh, you know what you get you not look at chat? No, I'm looking at just... All right, now you should be able to. Fan funding. The Super Chat, so I can do that.

They're not going to fucking... Go ahead. Get this. Now he's calling it. Now he's calling it out. not people are going to start doing that. That's fucked up. If you think,

I mean, I won't listen to you. It's just like everything else in my life. Maybe it's all just open up superchens. All right, I'm fine with that. Actually, I don't know.

Did you, did he pick it? He's him and home. He's thinking. He's thinking. Oh, I thought he already picked that. I thought we're waiting for next.

Yeah, I think he saw the game list and was like, oh, there's more games. Yeah, when you go to pick your game, it then shows up, it shows the list of like... The top ones.

Yeah, the top ones. He gives a little cheat code. I think he's stressing out. Listen, you got this. This is a good one. I mean, you have to. That's the unfortunate part about being first in this draft, is you have to pick GTA6,

because if it does come out, you don't miss out on the biggest game. But you can draft Monster Hunter Wilds. Wow. Oh, a great pick. Good pick. He switched up. All right, next time,

that's great for you, Mike. Yeah, so Mike, Mike's not afraid to step up and take the ball. It's GTA 6. I mean, step up and get stepped over. And guess what? You have to pick GTAs. The slightest hint of competition might get so testosterone. He's such a problem.

Hey, man, maybe. Putting Grand The McDonald's things told me big blest. Let me unsit my pants and get my big dick out. It's just one of those, like, for a first round, like, I want a guarantee,

whereas Gt six, it's still like, it's a little too scary for a first round. Also, I'd like that you're making Bless to do this for you. Like, you have it open. You have everything good. The only reason I wanted Barrett to choose Gt six first is that I feel like

Barrett is like very, oh, GTA6 is getting. delayed for sure for sure and I would love to hear him have to fight against himself throughout the year. I really thought if Barrett picked Gt's ex and Michael's going to be like fucking loser. What a miss? That's not coming out. That's right. If I picked it, he would have said that. I think Mike's an idiot for this one. This game's not coming out this year. Damn. Got to believe. Timothy Robert Gettys is on the

clock. I am once again choosing the game that fucked me last year. Didn't fuck me enough to lose. but I am choosing unannounced mainline 3D Mario platformer Oh, wow Nice You'll love to see it That was what I was really between Tim was Monster Hunter and Mario Because it feels more guaranteed this year

Also I think enough people are logging on That they're crashing the website right now I think we're good I think we're good But yeah we're still right All right so it's my turn I believe Of course your publisher is HimTendo Oh yeah

So I meant to read the publisher names because there's a lot of good ones. I am him Tendo this year. So far, Barrett has been Boss Baby Productions. Mike was Team Snowback Mike and Tim was hashtag Let Tim publish. I have drafted Split fiction. Good for you.

Good pick. Smart. Okay. Any worries? Actually, no. I mean, we know. You guys played it, right? Yeah. I mean, that's a great selection. Yeah. Yeah, because they had glowing things to say we know from their last game that they have the stuff, right? Like their last game, one game of the year and has a really good

Metacritic. I might have to double check to see what that Metacritic is or Open Critic, but I have good faith in that. And do we have the date? It's coming on like March, isn't it? Yeah, it's coming soon. So I don't think it's going to get pushed to next year. I mean, I just Mike didn't tell you that it was max out of 360P in 30 frames for seconds. Sorry,

I didn't tell you that. I don't. You should probably just drop it. It's a technical disaster. Barrett, if you refresh, I think it'll pop it in there for me. Next up, of course, is Paris with his publisher P. I'm a little conflicted because I have about three games in mind I could pick right here.

But I'm going to embrace my roots as a former co-host of the X-cast. And I'm picking Fable. Oh, wow. He's rolling those dice right there. I love that for you. That's a big one. The hail Mary down by 14. I'll tell you what, that's the first one that pops up for you.

This is my countercalfoy's Andy. That's my counter pick. I just don't think it's coming out I don't think they'll make it ever Wait how to hell do I pick it Why doesn't I let me do it? Oh, okay, I got it I got it

Yeah, I think the website's finicky right now Because there's a lot of people logged on But refreshing seems to fix things This is funny. If you want to make it worse for them Kindof funny.com slash kFleague 2025 is where you just at home can keep up with It would be spoilers if you're listening live

I'm sorry later. Yeah, it's, it's chugging. While that happens, I'll go to some of the super chats from every be part of this, super chat over at YouTube.com slash kind of funny games. Memo Rantiria says, I fucking called it. Mike would get GTA 5. Love you, dude.

I loved and cried so much during the 10-year stream with y'all. Love you all, and y'all inspire me every day. Thanks, bro, bro. Hey, Paris, let me see if I can do it for you. Memo. Okay. Yeah, yeah, it's just great out. It's not let me, let me do it.

I think. Oh, no, it says already own. It says I have it. I got it for you. I see it in Mike's eyes. Like, he's so evil and angry and like, something's all. It's scary. Up next is Roger with his team, Ilo-reach games.

A-low-reach games. Thank you so much blessing for that name right there. Last year, of course, I was A-Lo-Free. This is A-L-Reech, everybody. I'm going to go-sio-Tay. Yeah. Yeah, that's just, yeah. This is the year of safety.

I'm not going to fucking swing for the fences. We're just doing it. Cut to Gosa Yote getting a... Okay, so, you think that's coming out this year? I think so. Yeah, I think so. I think so. I'm typing it right now. I think so, too. Just desperately trying to get in the way of it.

Trying to make a counter pick everything. I'm putting up at Lote, select a draft game. And it's loading, I think. You on your end? Not yet. It'll work. Don't worry about it. If you want to try drafting information. Yeah, I can try that.

Well, yeah, now I've got to log back in. If you're watching live, click off. we'll tell you we'll tell you just watch it here I have it pulled up here yeah all right I'll see if I can grab we're letting you know what's happening I'm gonna try one more time hopefully that doesn't fucking remember I know

I see it it's there it's there thank you everybody I want to try drafting for everybody since it seems successful for me so far so yeah just tell me your game and I'll draft it for you oh I wonder where he's gonna okay so because of that how do you see the list of the games if you

you should still be able to on the site open the watch list yeah and you'd see every you can see that's the top available game okay cool that helps cheating I know it sucks it's cheating you can get good I mean you have to see it just to be able to like

it's like looking at you yeah but you should make your list first yeah like I make my list inside the watch list though I make my little list then oh you can't I have a list of 40 can I just click select I can just click select yeah go to a Google Doc like everybody else

I'm saying you guys Roger check if you guys Roger, check if he has TwitchShed. Why don't we got Snowbitch Mitch on the stander right now? Send the tone. I'm just sending the tone letting you know. It's a terrible tone. Andy, of course, is Nitro Rifle Games with your first pick.

Yes, I'm going to go with kind of a similar thing I did earlier or during last year's picks. I'm like, should I go with something that's a little bit more certain? And that's what I'm going to do. It's a year of safety, Roger. Year of safety. I'm going with Civ 6. Oh, smart. Six.

Six. So seven. You know what I mean? The sequel, yeah. The new, then you said this year. I got you. Well, I hate you because that was the one

that was a point of people were going to take. I don't think Eldon Ring, I'm worried about that. Me too. Same. Yeah, I'm not like dead set on Eldon. I'm not dead set on Eldering being

good or out this year. An above 85 or anything like that. Yeah. I could totally see that game coming in as like, yeah, it's pretty good, but whatever, you know. Yeah. A lot of the magic is lost for whatever reasons

for lower. story, all that, all that stuff. Sure. Server issues, shit like that. We're such dicks for trying to get them to get Civ 6. That would never work, but we'll try it. That's just the energy you got to bring. Mike gets it.

Also, Andy's trying to throw you guys off. You guys should get elderly. Just so you know. Yeah, of course. We're going to draft. No, bless is trying to throw you off. No, I'm just saying. Because Andy said a lot of negative things.

I'm just saying the IGN previews and the game spot preview. Like, look at what team has to say. That's true. I don't think Tam blade it. Your mouth is a little agape, and I'm like, yeah. I legitimately have no qualms. I'm picking Eldon Ring Nightring with my first pick here. Let's go.

You fucking idiot. You soul sickos are a bunch of weirdos. It'll be fine. I'm not worried about the lore when you're out there. Triple Tina and Manila like you've always wanted your weirdos. Millennia, first of all. Well, I also just think about, you know, that bear bringing up a great point with server issues, like how weird their online stuff has been anyway, you know?

The fact that we need mods to kind of play a certain way. Stop talking. Just let him draft it first. I have no. I'm not worried about it. That's an 80 plus easy. Well, then you better be in that fucking server with us.

80 plus, easy. You better play with us. You'll be 80 plus. Then I'm going to go with my next pick because I'm still on there, right? You're picking for me.

Yeah, I'm picking for you. Okay. I want metal gear solid Delta. Oh. God. Good job. Smart pick.

Thank you. Thank you. So is Eldon Ring. Yeah, that, Alessa. There's a lot of games. All right. We're back to Andy.

This was almost going to be my first pick. This is, okay. I'm going to go with Doom the Dark Ages. Nice. Very good pick. I can't wait for that video game. They said less air traversal sort of stuff. All the things that people had issues with

in Doom Eternal. You just had a buttload of air jumping and dashing and people are like, how about we just stay on the ground? They're going to keep it a lot more grounded this time around. Hold on I'm still going. You don't think there's like fatigue with it being the third Doom game now? Because I feel like Eternal had a little

bit of that already. I think it's been long enough. I mean, that was the first game we reviewed in the pandemic. We didn't even have webcams. We did an all-audio podcast with Imran Khan and Nick Scarpino. Nick Scarpino. I remember that. All right. It's been drafted.

Next up, Roger. Come on. Drafted it last year. Didn't happen for me, but I'm going to do it because I think it's going to happen this year. It has to happen this year. Metroid Prime 4. Oh, I wanted that. Yeah.

I mean, we're all like, oh, the trailer didn't look great. It's going to look amazing on Switch 2. It's going to be good. That's a fantastic pick. Thank you. Like, I don't think people care about it. People don't care about the graphics. We can have a long conversation if you want.

I don't think it's going to do as good as you think it's going to be like an media. Don't tell him that. Don't tell him that. He said it out loud. We're going to talk about it. Yeah, Bear wants to exist in shadows. All right, we're out here playing in the light. Shadow playing in the light.

All right, Paris, Lily. And I'm recovering for a cold. Apologies for my voice. So, Roger, I know you're trying to live safe here. Wait, for the record, his voice still sounds awesome. Well, good. I know you're trying to be safe. Mm-hmm.

I like to live on the edge. Yes. Hollow night silk song. Oh, my God. My man. My fucking man. This is the year. Truly.

This is the year. You're right. You're right. 100% is the year. 100%. Yeah. Half-life 3. 100%. What, I mean,

100%. I would, I would, no, I wouldn't say I bet my car, but I would. Can I buy your car? Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no other year. It could be, Pats. Legitinently, I think if it doesn't come out this year, they come out and go like, hey, guys, it's simply not working.

Yeah. Creative differences. Do you think it's still? song like actually or it's just hollin at six song we're just haulin light six song yeah all right it's me um i'm going death's raining two on the beach hey hey kind of a risky one jeff so jeff bull jr super chats in and says death stranding two is going to be amazing finally just played through one last month and i'm very hyped for two someone pick it up you cowards that was right after uh mr grover wrote in and said uh people

didn't get death stranding when it first came out they get it now death stranding two will be critically acclaimed. Kajima makes good number two's. That's a great call. Yeah, it is. And when I say risky, I just mean like risky in terms of, I don't think you're going to get like a bazillion points from this. But also I do think it will do better than death running one did because people believe

in it and understand the property now. But I also think there's that risk factor. I think death running two is the type of game that depending on who's reviewing it and what agenda they have. Yeah. That's going to affect the metacritic. Yeah. So, you know, looking at the open critic for death training one, right?

It has an 83, which I want more than that with my second pick, right? And I think the reason I have faith in death training, too, is to the point of the super chatter. I think people get it a bit more now. I think the Destrating one coming out of nowhere and people kind of, you know, getting their bearings being like, oh, okay, I'm just delivering things. Like literally the gameplay loop is just me delivering things. I think one that put a lot of people off, threw a lot of people off. I think going into this one as well, I think this one has the benefit of the production, the budget. it feels like they're pushing things further in terms of how it's being presented and like the cut

scenes and like you see the little puppet guy that's going at a different frame rate you see like the Troy Baker doing his Troy Baker ass shit right like that's what he does he does and that's what he does and that's what he does the game looks like he's trying to take it to another level in terms of spectacle and presentation i think you mix that you mix it you take that you mix it with the art house element of it you mix it with hit with kojima i do like i do think maybe yeah there could be like an agenda thing of my people might not fuck with like the cojimaness of it but i think there's on the critic side on the review side i think way more people do fuck with the kogima shit than don't um and so like i am expecting at least honestly like i'm going for a 90 on this one right

like i think this will be a big step up i think that's too much but i'd love that but grover i think has it right of like i think people didn't know what you expect for death stranding so now death stranding too you're like oh you're gonna be in the right headspace if you're reviewing i forgot someone wrote in i thought you're just bringing back uh uh grover as a character my friend grover well i think whatever the sort of mentality you have with Death Shining 1 when it first came out, I think a lot of the, I think

even Kojima and his whole production studio when they came out with that director's cut and had all these new items that you could get in the game that help out the world and helped kind of make the world less, you know, there was less friction there and the world was fighting against you a bit less

and they had new machines to kind of help you traverse and they came out with all these different items where everybody who played at a launchers like, shit, I wish I would have had that stuff at the launch, even though I still really enjoyed it. I think they kind of understand what the game should be now. And if Caroline Polichick has a song on there. That's a 93.

That's a 93. That's crazy. Tim Getty's. Remember, you couldn't even get 93 points in this league. We're already getting to a point where this is getting a little more difficult than I expected. Two picks in. And we have three more to go after this as a group.

Like, we got a big old team. There are not that many games. You're not looking at the list. For the record, right? No, there are a ton of games. But I'm just like, I feel like the heavy hitter sure, sure fire. Like, oh, man, we're fighting to get these things. Like, we're running out.

I mean, when you think about it, you know, we've added a new person with Paris. And, like, that adds 10 more games overall. Yeah. That's going to be drafted this league and five more games today. That's crazy. Yeah. We love you, Paris. So definitely, I'm between two right now.

I think I'm going to end up getting more points from Pokemon Legends, Zod. Dang. Smoking that Zob, bro. This is the longest they've taken to actually develop a Pokemon game in a very long time, if not ever. Taking 2024 off is a very good decision. We haven't seen that game since Pokemon Day, February last year. I imagine the first time we'll see it. It will be next month.

And I think that it'll be on a new switch. Oh, well, we'll see. It'll be playable on it for sure. But anyway, either way, I think it's going to review well. That shit's going to run like butt. It's gonna run so bad. It's gonna be 4K if it's be 20. The frame rate sucked though.

It looks like our budget. Scarlet was, Scarlet had bugs and all these issues, right? But I remember even yeah, Legends, the last one. It looked really gross. Like playing it on the TV. I like,

and that's the thing is I think even a bad Pokemon or even like a, let me not say bad, even a Pokemon that has performance issues is still gonna get good reviews because it's Pokemon. Yep. Mike.

Uh, yes. Your boy, I'm like Mike. Speaking to the mic. A lot of selections here. A lot of options. Thank you so much. And I'm going to bet on a kind of funny best friend, Ben Star.

Expedition 33, please. I like that. I think a lot. Yeah. Now I play for fantasy games, Tim. I'm into the motion. You know what I mean? I like turn-based games.

I like weird combat. I like talking about this. That's why I picked these games. So I'm going to believe in Expedition 33. Big X-factor there with that one. Huge X-factor. I feel like it could be a huge shit or it could just kind of be like, that was this.

There's a lot of people that's trying to... Yeah, it's something trying to hit that, like, Atlas turn-based thing and just not hitting it. Yeah, it's... It looks insane. It looks so good. I'm hopeful. Sam.

All right, bear it. Uh-oh. You lost your... Next one. No. Hold on. Hold on. Are you still up with us?

I got it, yeah. You can tell me your pick. Um, my next pick, and this is for round two... Your final pick of round... The final pick of round two. Yeah, the final pick of round two. I'm going one that feels like it's time. It has been eight years, I believe,

almost eight years since we've seen a game from this developer. We're going with Earthblade. Wow. I think I picked that like maybe a year or two ago. I watched that trailer recently. Yeah. Holy shit. I can't believe we watched that shit live on whatever game awards it was,

and I kind of forgot it. I was even there and I feel like I was maybe we were drunk or I don't know what me and Tim were doing at the time, but after rewatching I was like, God dang, I can't wait for this freaking game. Bear, can you throw a trailer? I actually don't remember this game. I don't know. This is the next game from the developer of Celeste. Oh.

And so, yeah, it's been almost seven years since Celeste. Because Celeste, I believe, was 2018. That's a great. And yeah, they have they've pretty much just been working on this since then. It just kind of feels right, especially with the first year of potentially the Switch

too, you know? The makers have less, I think, now called extremely okay games, making a Metroidvania with this art style, with the already incredible traversal gameplay,

adding combat, like this is, this is gonna hit like nothing else. The question is, does this come out? Because I can see this being another Hollow Night situation. These Indies.

I think Barrett's right on. I think it's been one of those that has been kind of gestating for a while. And I think this trailer, if you look at the Day Barrett, Was it 2020? It was 22. Yeah.

And I think it had a year, didn't it? No, I don't think it did at that, at the end. 2024. Yeah. Okay. That's okay. And like that. I want this to come out because I want to play this game very badly.

Yeah. I think it's when we talk about how unreliable, like, gaming windows are, like, dates and windows are for even AAA publishers and developers. I think it you multiply that for indie developers. We're like, us watching this, like, sure, like, I think the studio. you might have planned for it. It might have planned for it to come out in 2024 and you might think, all right, cool, one year,

2025, sure it's going to come out this year. This game, I can see it being like three more years. Oh, yeah, 100%. But there's just something... It's a metro deal. It feels like if I didn't pick it up, it was going to get up eventually and I wanted to be the one to get it.

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And we're back, which means because of the snake draft, we're right back to the boss baby, Barry Courtney. Wooee! So DLC is available, correct? Yes. Oh, getting spicy. Yeah, he's getting the new Suicide Squad expansion. It's the final one, they got to kill it. They're putting on a Joker again.

I'm looking at my second tier priority list here. I'm thinking. I'm thinking. You do need to have a bit where I forgot to take the time code for round three We show Baird calling the developer and be like, hey, how are you doing? I'm doing great, Mr. Courtney.

Well, how do you, how do you, would you like being a part of the squad here? I would love to be. How would you like to join Boss Baby Productions? Fuck. There's three sequels that I have. I feel like two of them are big questions and one of them seems a bit more solid just in terms

of actually coming out this year. I'm going Citizen Sleeper, too. Oh, fuck you. You bitch. A great pick. I hate you. God damn it. Is that just based on how good it was last time around?

Yeah, Andy talked a big game about it when it first came out. And I remember a lot of podcasts that I was listening to like remap and or maybe Waypoint at the time. And I think a couple people on Minmax like really loved the first game. And it was one that Andy talked to me so much about of like, dude, you got to play this game. And also just doing my research. I have a list of like 40 games on here. And so I just did a lot of like, all right, how did that review the first time or And it reviewed much better than in my head when it came out.

And that actually coming out very soon. Again, safe year. You got to try to find your guaranteed picks. So that is for round three, I think a solid pick. Or sophomore slump from a great, you know, developer. We'll see. It happens, you know? Starward Vector is the like subtitled.

No, that game's going to fuck. I was giving me my next pick. I had that right next to my list. Good grab, Barrett. Thank you. Mike, you're up next. Thank you, blessing, Commissioner, for having me. I will select Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

Oh, wow. I had thought about it. The first one didn't do great on Open Critic, and I know that was a long time ago or whatever, but that was my one. Yeah, some new energy. That first one, I think, kind of came and win. I think a lot of people either played and loved it

or a lot of people didn't play it. So I think we have a different kind of energy heading into number two with more of the general populace going to probably jump on this one. I think they're going for a fun tone here with this, and I think we'll grab a lot more people than the first one did. So I'm going to bet on that one.

We're kind of in this fun phase now when you get to pick three, four, and five of like, you're in the mid-tieres here, right? And you could go any which way. And you're betting on that, like, 82 to 87 windows where you want to be here. I'm going to go with that. Love it. Timothy Geddes. We're in that, that point where you're either in the mid-tier of the known quantities or

you're in the double or nothing tier of beyond-known, okay? Is he about to get spicy? I'm only spicy in the sense that I truly believe. I mean, I know that this game's going to review well when it comes out. Will it come out this year? Yeah. And I think the answer is yes. I think it's time.

It makes sense. I'm going 2K. Damn, you piece of shit. Oh, great. That's great. You're fake fan. He just lost a point. He doesn't care about the R.

Fuck. That was a different direction. I thought you were going, damn. Yeah. I think it is dated for 2025, right? I forget. I think it is. Everything I've been looking up.

Everything is pointing to 2025 for sure. It feels right. It's going to be this year. I think it comes out this year and I think it's going to kill. 2KXO. Fuck that name. We got a league of legend fighting game. All right, there we go.

So it's my turn. And I'm trying to play the game of what wavelength are you guys on? Right? Like, are you guys doing the same thing that I'm doing? are you looking for those little indies? Are you looking for those, you know, games that we've seen at presentations before

that, like, nobody else might have noticed, but you noticed? I got one in my head down. I know Greg's noticed. Whatever your normal strategy is, it hasn't worked since 2021. Just a heads up on that. What was the last year? 2023!

I'm drafting this game. It's called Wander Song. Or Wander Stop. Wanderstop. One of those. This is a game that is, being published by Anapurna. It looked really cool. It's like a cozy,

almost like a community building game, but it has kind of a dark twist to it. It's being developed by the same dev as Stanley Parable. Oh, yeah. Classic. Okay. And I think this is one of those ones where I think is going to catch people off guard and really charm them. I like it.

One day it will go through on my website. I see it. Oh, you see it? Okay. Paris Lily. Oh, you muted. You muted. Pairs, you muted. here's again he's going no I do I don't I know

screaming I got a couple games here one I'm gonna take a gamble that it will come back around so I'm going to pick like a dragon pirate yakuza in Hawaii

see that's an interesting one right I thought about it the reason why I'm not picking it is because I'm going off of the last spin-off game that they did which is man who raised his name which I believe got like an 80 right, which is not bad, right?

But those, it's, it's a smaller game. It is, you know, derivative of the last game. So, I don't know. You're not going to get the highs of you got from like a dragon, infinite wealth. I was hoping to get it because I want points on the board. Sure. It's guaranteed points on the board. It is.

But also, oversaturation, maybe? No, never. Never for these in this. Like a Brite Jess, never. I feel if you look up the open critic for Like a Dragon Eishon, it's probably the exact same. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Someone pointed out in chat is that.

It is Majima, Roger. It is Majima. People wanted him. People do want Mahjima, and he is a pirate. In Hawaii. In Hawaii, indeed. Roger, what you got? A lot of ways.

A lot of ways I can take this. A lot of ways I can take this. I'm going to go, I'm surprised that Paris didn't take this one. It kind of makes me scared. I'm going to go south of midnight. I'm going to go south of midnight. You could have picked it.

I don't know. Who's on the board? He'll be mad at me. It's called a gamble. and a fucking loss, okay? So I'll take your game. Yeah, yeah. It's not the much on the board.

So I'm going to take south and midnight. I think that game is going to deliver. You played it, right? No, I saw it, but I didn't get to play it. Yeah, I got to watch them play it. Okay. Interesting. What are they trying to hide, do you think?

Yeah, exactly, right? Yeah. I'm really hopeful. That's one of those ones that, like, it looks awesome. I'm incredibly stoked for it, but just, like, given their past, they haven't quite hit yet. You know what you mean? Their games always look very good, but I don't think that they, they've released something that has that like real level of quality

and I hope that this is the breakout of that. It's also like, I hope it's the breakout but is it a breakout that's actually coming this year as well? It's coming this year. I think it's this year. Yeah. It'll be early previews, right? Yeah. I think it'll be first half of this year.

First half. Oh. Andy, what you got for me? Uh, I don't know why I'm doing this, but I don't know why I'm doing this. Who am I? I know exactly what he's about to say. I was going to say, it's a good pick.

It's a good pick. It's a great pick. When you said Paris, I was like, oh, he's going to pick a vow. That's where, yeah, that's where I was, you know, I've always been kind of questioning this game. And then once, though, you know, we had that big, they had that big preview event. A lot of people really enjoy their time with it. And I feel like it's, I feel like it's guaranteed points.

I don't think it's going to be a 90 or above by any means, but I think it's guaranteed, like, you know, 85. No, I think this is a mid-80s game From what we got to preview Yeah, did you get to play it? No Playing the preview was the thing that really turned me around Where before I wasn't really looking forward to it as much

Like I was like, okay cool, it's gonna be another one of these But like playing it, I was like, oh shit, this is I actually want to play a lot more of this, right? Like I think the combat actually feels pretty good For the kind of game that it is And I think the world's interesting And like they got really cool spells and upgrade systems and stuff Yeah, I was all set to go in and talk about the fact that

Since I did the preview, it's the game that I keep going downstairs to play something else. I'm like, I wish I had a vowed. I want to go experience that world. And I think it's that thing where combat with a sword and shield or whatever might feel not clunky but basic, but then it's the idea of well, what if you want to use a spell? What if you want to do this?

I think it's really going to be the permutations of the conversations you have too of like, oh, you picked this race, so this is a car. I didn't even knew that. I never had that option because I didn't do X, Y, and Z. I think it's going to deliver on that nerdy ass RPG thing. That'll get you the points you're looking for. It's like, it's 1,000 of obsidian RPG. And I'm like, I think

before I didn't realize that just watching the trailers or whatever but playing it you're like oh this is obsidian they got the stuff. What made you guys not want to draft it earlier? There's too many other things. Yeah, I don't think it's I don't think it's I hope I'm wrong. It doesn't strike me as it's going to be at 90 I think it's solid points but not big points

so I'm trying to get the bigger stuff off the board first. I'll admit I was thinking of drafting it earlier but then I was thinking well maybe these these guys won't be thinking what I think and I can get it later so I was trying to hold off. Arturo Tron Robo Bartender Super Chat and

a long time ago and said, Avad might be the sleeper hit of 2025. Both Pillars of Eternity games got 90s on Open Critic. Everyone forgets Obsidian is one of the greatest RPG developers of all time. We're looking forward to that

and hopeful for that as well. Greg Miller, you have two back-to-back picks here. I do. I do. I don't like to smile. Well, it's funny because the Super Chats came in. I'm like, fuck,

like there's comments about both of them. So, let's start here. Video games. They've been around. No, no, we're talking about getting points, right? And like, you know, I have a beholder, what's it going to be? Is it game good or bad? Sometimes, you know, you're on the outside.

You don't know. But I'm going to draft the Indiana Jones D.L.C. Let's fucking go. Let's fucking go. Let's fucking go. Indiana Jones and the Great Sir Gertz are the Order of Giants. I am drafting. I just want to be clear.

Greg, this pick is, is atrocious. Like, like, I mean, we'll see if this even gets enough reviews to like, Cal-in. It'll get the reviews. You think? What did you get off of it for the base game? Well, base game, I did well, but I'm saying, like, will the DLC even get enough reviews? I mean, I'll stop you right there.

A thousand percent. But they will, they will they be good. Yes. I don't think they're going to be the 90s. I think that what's going to happen is that there's going to be so few of them that the weight of each number means that much more. Yeah. And all these fucking losers at home with their.

Indiana Jones had, who don't know a good video game from a fucking hole in the wall. I're going to say it's great. I win. I fucking win. It's all fine. Don't worry about it. Can I take this moment really quick, Greg? Because I was even going to address this on the show, but since you picked indie, I have to. So since

you were not at the game awards this year, and I was, I was literally your proxy for indie. What the fuck was he thinking with that score? Yeah. That's awesome. So, congrats on that. You were 0.5 above me. Did they yell at you too? Don't try to distance yourself from it.

I had nothing to do with it. For the record, I loved it. Yeah, you hit the game video game. Yeah, on the stream when we call it Troy Baker, he gave me shit about it. Hold on. There was this indie thing in it. Yeah, yeah.

Nigel Martin 35 says, Mike's PowerPoint was something special. He truly is one of us. You're the greatest Mike. Indiana Jones D.L.C., by the way, everyone but Greg will rate it highly. And I'm with you on that one, Nigel. I think that's where it's going to be.

And then, yeah, now it gets interesting. And like I said, don't look at my list. Like I said, it wasn't. I saw you. I got a game for you, Greg. No.

I have a couple games. There's no shortage of games on my list. But it is where do you want to go? I believe in you. I believe in you, who I don't believe in all these fucking indie developers. You know what I mean? They sit around and fart around of these games forever. You know what I mean?

Don't applaud that. I mean, he's got to take to make, for one person to make, a game, you know what I mean? Come on. Like a 2D Metrovania for 10 years. How long is Deltruan I'm going to come out for? Oh, God. Let me check one date here.

Let me check one date here, please, okay? You got people, like, in oil rigs. We used to build houses, man. I'm just worried. You know, about, I want to pick this because of their back. What they've done. Cheater.

Pick the Starfield D.L.C. I wish. I definitely don't trust you all to review that fairly. Fairly. Not well, only me and Paris understand what that game truly is. Everybody else is in the fucking industry.

You sound like grums. What you got? What you got? I think I can pick the one I want more. My heart's into one that's far down there. I'm going to pull the trigger and say, Mina, the hollower. Wow.

It's a similar. Huh? That fucked me last year. It's a similar. It's got to be the year, right? And it's Yacht Club, and they're so fucking good. And Shovel Night was so well supported and so beloved. You have to imagine this one.

Whenever it comes out, it's going to be fucking awesome. And if it's not going to come out, please say it's not going to come out. That's me last year. I think it's going to be awesome. I do think that this year makes more sense than previous years because of the finality they're putting on shovel night. They're celebrating the end of shovel night a lot early this year. But, God, let them rest. Yeah.

Let him rest. Right. Let that man rest. This night's been shoveling, man. That's later. That's on the future. All right. Andy, you're up.

I mean, you know, we have to write some wrongs. Ah, shit. Yeah, here we go. Because, well, it's not what you think it's going to be. But last year, I was wronged. And I would have been in the triple digits. Oh, wow. Had this game come out.

But it'll come out this year. That's Skate Story. Yeah. That was all my short list. That's a good one. That game preview. You really think Skidgett. State Story's going to review well.

Yes. Every preview I see of it is like, holy shit, this game is transformative. Skillup just put up a preview like a few weeks ago. That was like, oh, like this is a game right here. I don't know. People were playing it. Yeah. That's very exciting for me. And also Furiate and furoriting for you. Why aren't you playing it? Why am I not playing it?

What the fuck? Digging my inbox real quick, see if I missed it. Spam-a-shed. Do you guys want a preview this game or not? Was your fucking problem? My turn? Yep. A lot of directions. A lot of games.

A lot of games. Let's drop deac. Let's help each other. I got some great. I got great games. Let me help you. I'm not listening to Mike. I got some great games.

Is it too late to do it? This is me. If you see Devolver, you respond back. This is me. How many do we need? Who all wants to play skate story? I'm good. Me.

You want to play skate story? Three. Get one for Andy. Yeah. I am going to go. go with a sequel to a beloved indie game. And I think this was year, last year was the year of card games

and I think this next year is going to be year of card games again. God damn it. Slade the Spire 2. I hate you so much. Slade the Spire 2nd. You guys. Come back to the generation. He's coming back this year, everybody. I can't believe that was on the tail for so long. Well, I was thinking about it earlier and it was one of like, oh, if I can pick that

up in four or five, I'll be happy. Play the Spire one to have like a 90. Yeah, but the thing is, it's been so long and like after, now that we're on the other side of so many other different like roguelike deck builder type of thing. Inscription. Is Slay the Spire 2 going to hit the same? There is such a, such a fan base for that game.

Like it goes so deep and it is outside of our circles, it goes so deep. So I think that this game's going to hit. Yeah. I can't wait for it. I need to play. Fair. Put it on the, on the title of this podcast. Is Slay the Spire 2.

Concord 2.0. Wow. This is the highlight. Then you're asking the questions other journalists are afraid to. If Concord comes out in 2017, maybe it's a big hit. I laid it up for Andy

and he just fucking dunked it right there. He understood my point. That really sheds my whole strategy now. Concord, right? Has Concord come back? You know what I may think about that? That'd be awesome. Paris Lily.

You're up next. I'm scared to pick this game, but I feel like I should. Mm-hmm. Do it. Damn it, I don't, I feel like I'm screwed to the order I'm in the draft where all the good stuff's going to get taken if I don't pick this and the other thing I want to pick. But I'm going to go with Assassin's Creed shadows. That is not what I expected.

Oh, that's what I fully expected. It's like it should be good. We know it should be good. It's Assassin's Creed. They obviously delayed it. God damn it, this one might screw me. Good. Assassin's Creed in the same sentence.

of this guy. It's going to be the one for me. I can feel it, Paris. We still have that bed, I believe. It was going to be the one, man. I want to play for more than 11 hours, guaranteed. Wow. Okay.

Real commitment. Same, same, Andy. I may leave it running for my... All right. May forget to Alt F4. It's me. What up? Do I want to get wild?

Yeah, you did. It's him. Do I want to get crazy? Get crazy. Don't want to get kind of a little freaky up in this bitch. Whoa. Mario Kart. No!

No, you fucker! You fucker! Mario Kart. It's happening. Save that one. God damn it. Oh, you got it. Not so famous James Super Chadden said no,

unannounced Mario Kart or is it just not ready yet? Tim, you thought you could just let it get away? No, I was going to be my next pick. Yeah. Yeah. Either me or Tim is getting points, I feel like. So as long as the Switch 2 comes out this year, which it has to. So this is Mario Kart 9.

right? You don't think that they're just something different. You don't think that they're just going to make Mario Kart 8 super deluxe and put all the DLC into one package and just put it on there. They need to sell a switch to. They need that. There's a lot of deals. A lot of DLC that people don't have. I think it launches with Switch 2. I know my nieces and nephews. They don't got that deal. See, it's a new game to them. But it's not. It's not. That doesn't sell people on buying

and they can just, if they already have a Switch, they can just buy that stuff. Yeah. This is them, this is the reason why you need to buy the Switch 2. You Normies that bought a Switch 1 in 2017. Also, the verbiage on the Webbing. side is Mario Kart and then in parentheses unannounced next mainline console game. So whatever that means. It might not be nine. Yeah, exactly. But it'll be nine. It'll be nine. If it's

DLC, I'm going to fucking flip my shit and you get the points. Oh, fuck. I don't know if DLC I think it launches with Switch too. No, sorry. I think it's a Lung package. You think it's like a deluxe? Yeah, a deluxe. Marri-Card is already a deluxe. Yeah, I know. If they do a super deluxe, then it's like, all right. That does sound like

some Nintendo shit. It does. Which I don't think would count for this because that would again just be a port. All right, well, you said it. I think we think it matters what Mr. I'm sorry, what Mr. Fantasy is things. Yeah, Mike will get him on the phone.

Here's the thing, right? Which is not going to help you. Switch 2 is going to have a big, at least one big Mario game on it. Most likely I would think either, we're both, a 3D Mario that Tim's has on his thing or a Mario Kart.

Yeah. Which one? I think Mario Kart 9 launches with Switch 2. I think 3D Mario launches with Switch 2, Mario Kart 9 is later in the year. Yeah. And I think the opposite word,

I think 3D Mario's holiday. That's my guess. We'll see. We'll find out soon. Yep. We better. Tim Geddy's. You're okay, Mike?

Making great picks over here. Damn. Roger refuses to talk with me. Also, I'm glad I still after him, Tim, because it's going to be your car. Mike looks like he works at a craft brewery, and he just came over to your table to take your order. Like, what do you guys want?

I was laughing before the ad because he looked like an iPad kid. He just had the iPad on his chest. Well, he doesn't just look like one here. Well, I'm done having fun, unfortunately. Just because I have one more Nintendo thing, but I'm like, I don't need to bring it up on the show.

It's not going to get taken, even though I'm feeling kind of good about it. I don't think you are. Come on, man. It's very specific in my mind. I think I'm going to take it. What I'm going to say right now is Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD 2 remake. That's fun.

Points on the board. I like that. That's a safe one. I like it. I could have someone that was out already. That was three, I think. Yeah, three came first in the one and two. I have three on my draft thing last year, I think.

I don't know how many points it got me, though. I drafted it and then dropped it or something to that effect. It got you a good amount of points, I think, bless. It was like 15. I did 85. Yeah, that's a really good one. That's a really good one. Going to be completely honest with you guys.

Thought that this was going to be the first one coming out, and the second one was coming later. So, whatever. Whatever, I'll still take it. All right. Mike. Oh, wow. Thank you so much, Bless.

Do I have two selections left? Yes. Okay, great. A lot of great games on my board to see you know, Greg. Roger doesn't want to look at him, so I won't tell him any of them. Do you want me to come a look? If you'd like to know a couple, I got a couple good ones for you, Greg. Please come on by.

Stars in the bar, stars in the bed. Stars and the bars got knocked over. Thank you. Let him do it. Just let him do it. I got a couple of these. This is going to be really good. Come over here.

This one for you right there. That one's for you right there. I appreciate that. I have a draft today because I don't. I know, but I'll put that one for you just in case. Blessing, you know, 2024 was all about a year of me stepping out of my comfort zone and trying new games, trying new things,

exploring new genres. And there was, when I was cheating, I'm not cheating anymore, but when I was cheating, there was one kind of funny best friend out there that recommended one game, and I'm willing to take it. Trails in the sky, first chapter.

Blessing, please put it on the big board. I don't know what this is. get ready, you're going to learn today, okay? It's a, um, it's talking to himself. I forget, like, Trails of Cold Steel, like heroes, whatever that franchise is.

Yeah, you know what, bless, you know it. Good job. I mean, I know of it. Someone knows it. That was for you, one kind of funny best friend. What's their name? Don't know. It's Karen Hahn.

It's a hundred percent. I don't know what was. I don't know what was. I'm going to try, didn't you? I hope this is like the metaphor moment from last year. we're all laughing and then it's like, oh no, this is like 100. It's like a 904. First game on OpenGre to get 100 years.

This will get your points. Thank you, bless. This will for sure get you points. Hold on. How many points we'll see. Yeah. Barrett. Hold on.

Hold on. Hold on. Also, like, just to share some of my strategy for some of you out there because I do like, you know, helping you guys out. I love it. I've been trying to select games that like are tough counterpicks as well. Like, I think there's a lot of games on my big board right here where I could select them, but I'm worried that maybe they get pushed out of 2024 or 2025 and beyond.

Maybe that's like an easy one to lock me into. So I'm really trying my best to make it hard for you to look at my team and go, I'm going to counterpick that and force me into a bad situation. So think about it. I appreciate you saying that because I would have fucked myself next thing. See? Got them covered. That's a great call because that's what happened to me last year.

I think like three people counterpicked my games and I was just fucking. Yeah, you were locked in. Um, it was tough. It was tough. I've got my last two picks back to back. And after this, we should do a quick run-through of everybody's lists before we go under the final round. Okay. I've got like, hmm.

See, Greg, it's the same, yeah, like the question of like the indie space, right? Yeah, yeah, I can't trust them. How much do you want to rely on it? How much do you want to rely? Oh, shit, dude. On a dev that is saying that they're coming out with two games this year? Don't believe them. No.

Yeah. At least one of them has to come out. Yeah, it's going to be the one that they've been marketing. That's right. 007 from I. Yeah. Hitman 4. I think I know what you're talking about.

The Dragon Game for Xbox. Oh, shit. I forgot about that. Yeah. That announced or just... I don't know. I think Phil Spencer told me. I am...

Now, whatever you do, don't ever mention this. He said, don't tell anybody. This is tough. This sucks. This is this type in video games, 20, 25? Like, we are? I love these episodes, man. They're great.

I've got a point of desperation. I want to tell you right now, looking at Tim's screen, he's out of picks. He's out of picks. He's out of picks. I'll tell you all right now, I am looking at the, by release date, sorted, call of duty. For my fourth pick, Bless, we'll have to see if, we'll have to see if this one's on here.

I'm going to go with C of Stars, throws of the watchmaker. Oh, okay. It's a new story, story DLC that's coming out. It's slated for this year. It's apparently free story DLC as well. Spring 2025 is what the famous critic says.

I think that is a, we'll see if they actually make that window, if they make this year. but see if stars got reviewed very well. And, you know, Paris and I, you know, we represented it a couple of years ago for kind of funny game of the year. It's a fantastic game.

And I only, I don't expect anything less than fucking amazing. Sabotage, what a talented studio. Yes, exactly. So if they've been cooking up for a bit on like big story DLC, I think it's going to be very good. So, yeah, that is my round four pick.

So before we move on to round four, Let's recap and reverse order of the thing here so we can go through and end on Barrett so we can start there. If you go down to Ecto 1 games so far in four rounds I have drafted Eldon Ring Night Rain. Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater. Indiana Jones in the Great Circle, the Order of the Giants in Mina the Hollower. Up next is Nitro Rifle Games. That's Andy or as he lists it Cortez. With number one, with his first pick, he picked Sid Meyer Civilization 7,

then Doom the Dark Ages avowed and Skate Story. Up next is Raj former With the one, the only A-Lo, A-L-Rich Games He's got Ghost of Yotai Yotai. Yote, now I'm ahead of it.

Yote. Yote. Every time I say it, Yote. Yote. I would be T-A-I. Thank you. Yote. Metroid Prime 4, Beyond,

south of midnight, and Slay the Spire 2. Up next is Paris Lily with positivity P. It's Fable, Hollow Night Silk Song. Like a Dragon, pirate yakuza in Hawaii,

in Assassin's Creed shadows. Roger, you popped off just so you know. I'm looking at the list. You popped off. Thank you, man. I appreciate it. Blessing has him Tendo.

He has split fiction. I don't like that blessing. You read mine and then Blessing purposely goes back to Roger to. It's all dogs shit except for this one. You put it just as to screen shadows.

We'll do one from me. Blessing has split fiction, Death Stranding 2 on the beach, Wander Stop in Mario Kart unannounced next mainline console game. You are a reigning champion who has the little crown. next to his name Tim Getty's hashtag Let Tim publish picks unannounced mainline 3D Mario

platformer, Pokemon Legends Zah, 2KO, or no, 2XKO, which also isn't how you say it, right? No, you got it. Oh, good. Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD, 2D remake. Snowbike Mike has picked so far for team Snowbike Mike. Grand Theft Auto 6. I've said five for so many years, my brain deceased. Claire Obscura Expedition 33.

King of Come, Deliverance 2, and Trails in the Sky, First Chapter. And getting back for the first pick in the fifth round, Sad Boy Barrett in Boss Baby Productions, has picked Monster Hunter Wilds, Earthblade, Citizen Sleeper 2, and Sea of Stars, Throws of the Watchmaker. Barrett, what is your fifth and final pick today? You gave me so much time, and I've not thought about it at all, really. It's tough.

There's a lot, and this is my last pick, so now I can just start throwing shit out there, a little bit. But should you? A little bit. I mean, just to fuck with you in particular blessing, maybe a little bit, you know? Like, there's... I can come back there.

There's demon school, right? Demon school got the... There is. From last year into this year. But that is, I think, maybe their first game. And it's like an homage to, like, early persona games. But, like, I want it, but I don't at the same time. It's a...

It's a weird one. there's also, I alluded to it earlier, Outer Worlds 2. Yeah. Doesn't it actually hit this year. Yeah, that was the, Reggie Phoenix has Super Chat. It said,

really surprised no Outer Worlds 2 yet. That's one I just don't believe. I would, I'd love to believe it. Obsidian's amazing, but Avowd being here and being delayed. I mean, granted it was delayed to move stuff, but still, do you not want to get in the way?

I believe in it if a vow does well, right? Like, a vow, it's like, oh, no, overperform. Like, this is a good strategy for this team. Like, we can make, If Avowed, I think, is going to under deliver in certain ways, and I think they're going to be like, oh, no, we need to market these games better

and, like, actually have a... That's going to be a proven game, you know? Would you believe it if Avod came out in November? Right? Like, is it just weird because it is coming out in this year and, like, two games in the same year from that same studio? Yeah, and it feels like Avout has to be the one that comes first because that's the one that they've been marketing.

It was originally supposed to come out this year. And do we have a solidified date for that? Yeah, February. Yeah. Mid-February. That's my thing is, like, the reasoning for it getting delayed was, I think, it was a crowd of time. It's not like it was a, oh, this isn't ready or whatever.

So that makes you think like, okay, yeah, if Oval was going to be 2024 and Outer Worlds is going to be 2025, that makes sense in my head. You should pick it, Barrett. I can counterpick it. I'm going to, shit, there's a lot of solid fifth round picks here. I'm going to go with, only because at least right now it is slated for 2025 is dispatch. I like that. Gusto. Yeah.

That is the Aaron Paul game that they debuted at the Game Awards. Ah, yeah. That is the team that is making... Ad hoc, right? Yeah, ad hoc. That seems like a really fun game. It does. It does.

Like a tale-tale-like game that people have wanted for a while. And it seems genuinely actually kind of funny and fun. So for a fifth round pick, I'm not too upset with that one. That was on my short list. Yeah. Who's next? Hey, Andy, Cortez. You know your games?

You believe in your games? You believe in them? Because you're my best friend here. Oh, you're up. And like, here's the deal. Hyper light breaker. The game you've been cheering on, the game you've been waiting for. It's an early access.

But it's available to be selected. Yeah, no. And we've seen early access games get codes or get reviews here. So now the question is. It's a new era. Is this the moment with your team here that you've been champion going, yo, they got this. They're putting on something new.

And they're stepping out. If it is, don't blame me. Three player, rogue-like experience. Like, you know, sometimes these fall flat on their face. Sometimes they hit, and they're really great. Does this team got the juice for a game like that? That's my worry. Does that got the juice?

Of course, early access. You've reviewed, will this come in? Will I get numbers? It's available to be picked. So sometimes, just like Hades 2 last year, you got to roll the dice on things. I think there's high for it. And it's coming out in, like, two weeks, isn't it? That's a deal.

That's a very safe pick as far as when it came out. And I have a lot of other picks that I can select here. And I think you are at the benefit of it coming out so early that there will be sort of like a review. You have a full year of updates and things like that to help out. Oh. Tim. Go for it. Let's select it.

Lock it in. You fucking eat it. You fucking eat my best. I'm excited for it, but don't believe me if it's not good. Don't get mad of me It's me correct It is I'm so refreshing making this pick

It's risky But I'm also surprised That this round nobody said it I'm gonna go Resident Evil 9 I was about to say it Wow Is that what you got so excited for a second ago with you? No it was a separate thing

We'll talk about it Yeah You know it's not a slam dunk that it comes out But it is it is time When you look at the cadence Of Resident Evil releases Like it's now been two years since Resident Evil 4 remake even,

so, and even longer since eight, so. You don't think it's a different remake Phil Veronica or whatever? No, I think, I think we're due for the next one. Resident Evil 9 unannounced. All right. Who's after him is at me? Because I can start

ruminating. I'm having like refresh a lot to get this added. For my last pick, I got three options. I'm going mixtape. Oh, my man. I don't think it comes this year. You don't think so?

No, I don't. But I love that for you. And I hope that for me. Which one is mixed tape? It is from Beethoven and a dinosaur, the artful escape. Artful escape.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, it's the one where, like, they have that clip of them skateboarding down the road and, just a lot of, yeah, being all hipstery, a lot of cool shit going on. You know,

it's like the kind of game where it's like, am I wrong? No, you're right, but that's the thing. It's like, this is me going against my own interest. Because, like, Our Full Escape did not do it for me, but I know that people loved it.

Did it open critical? I think critically it did. I think it did well. I think it's, yeah. That was one of my favorite trailers the last couple years. This is me playing the game. It's all about the game. And how are you playing?

Tonight. Dude, we're so close. Like four hours away. Oh. Oh. Shut up, you fucking lose him. Go watch Overwatch League. I know.

I'm going to be there. So jealous, Paris. So long. or Paris you're up next So I just want to say from my final pick that First and foremost You're welcome

Is a year of Xbox Oh no I'm getting to you in just a second But this is the year of Xbox And Greg I do want to thank you I do want to thank Greg Miller Because you sparked this conversation And you talked Barrett out of it

And you got blessing on the record To say he would counterpill ticket and I see the chat talking shit about me that I'm going to be last out of spite I didn't know that you can tell me that but out of spite I am picking the outer worlds too

okay it's coming out in 2020 I hope so I hope so yeah I respect it I respect it more than Fable Fable is a crazy pick

that is not a crazy pig that is really the biggest game for Xbox in 2025 Do you think it's delayed or is just not going to be good? You're not delayed. Oh, I think when that game comes out, I think I have a feeling it's going to kick ass. I don't know if that actually comes out this year. Well, hey, that's part of the gamble.

It is, it is. You're gambling, man. That's what I respect about you. All right. Roger former. A lot of different ways. Three picks left. The thing that I was laughing about and freaking out about, but it didn't pan out my way,

was Duck Detective. Remember this game? Yeah, people were talking about this. Well, there's a sequel. It's coming out next year that they've already announced since 2025. I didn't really love that game. I didn't finish it. I was just like, it's fine, but it's only like a 79

on Open Critics. I was like, ah, it's not as big of the win as I wanted to go. I'm going to go with something, and I looked into it, and it says available. Now, we can have the conversation if it isn't. Zeno Blade Chronicles X definitive edition. Well, it shouldn't be. You make that selection. It's a definitive edition. Hey, whatever. I'm

a fan of what it says it says, but I'm just saying, that is legitimately a definitive edition. It's not a remake at all. It's just a port. It's tagged as a partial remake. It's a partial remake. I think that's like the 3DS to switch aspect of it. Like maybe they're going into doing.

Yeah. It's weird. You got to remove the second screen. They got to figure that out. They're going to make it a pause menu. Oh, and that's fucked up. Someone for years who has just been, had the reputation trampled on here, but put an asterisk next.

Don't do this. I say if it's playable, play it. That's what I'm saying, Brade. I mean, yeah. I mean, the website is saying partial remake. I don't agree, but we're going by the website. Thank you, everybody. What did he pick?

Zeno Blade Chronicles X definitive edition. Damn. That was a good one. That was a fucking smart one. Thank you, everybody. I played the game this year. I played the game. I figured out the buttons. I didn't choose no Marvel 1943. I was thinking about it. Fake-ass game.

Andy Cortez. Do it, Andy. I think Marvel 1943. No, I got to go for... I don't like what I've chosen so far. I'm not feeling confident about this year. You got seven. You got two.

I need points. I just need points. So I'm going with football manager 20. There's always one. That is scary. It didn't do great last year. Well, it was also delayed. It was delayed.

Which is the first one ever that they've ever delayed because of issues. This is the one that they got all the issues I ended up. 20, right? Whatever. Yeah. I'm not sure whatever the new version is. Yeah, that was the one that I drafted last year because, yeah, that's usually a game that

comes out in December and usually gets you to, 10 points at the very end of the year. That's the first time they've ever delayed that game. I'm worried about that one. So that's, uh, but you're a ballsy man. But it's also a lot of upside because apparently the reason they delayed it is because they're like reworking everything.

Right. So that could be a huge positive or that could be a huge. That was just a four month delay though. They're reworking everything. Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, this whole game in general has been like pitches like we're reworking it all.

We're starting for like, it's just menus, you know? Yeah. She don't want to get them here. Greg Miller. What do you want to do here? You know? Spicy. But then, of course, in a year, no one remembers you were spicy.

They just say, you're the last place. You know what I mean? So I was like, that doesn't help me, Marjorie. I want the content an hour later. You want the points? You do something. There's a game on here that I have full, I believe in, but I don't know one would, none of you. So I could just pick it up for a dollar, you know, right after this.

What a second Starfield? I'm like I say, then you put $2 and you get it. I don't know how you do it. second stuff. I'm I put $90. Full of mic. There's just a wild, wild, wild pick, you know. I need a good counterpick. Yeah. Yeah, go for it.

Give me something good. Give me a blood bath. I'm going to stay boring. And I'm going to pick the one I could pick up for a buck, but I'm going to give it here because I do love the original. I'm going to put Moonlighter to the endless one. I love Moonlighter so much. It did well an open critic. I think a lot of people look past it because there's just a million games.

There always are. But I think this being Moonlighter 2, I think a lot of more people are going to champion. I think it's going to have a lot of gusto. I'm very excited. I'm mad at it. I forgot that was even announced. Before we go through and recap,

we'll have each person read what they got, what their final game list is. Then we'll do our counterpicks. I want to clear out some other stuff here real quick though, okay? Comments that have come in that were maybe games we didn't talk about or whatever, right? I enjoyed this one here. Jenny wrote in, this is Send Nuggies. Patiently waiting for someone to pick up the new Ninja Guide

from the game kitchen guest. Gigi's game. I thought about it, but it's so so I don't know enough there to actually jump in and say, I'm getting that one. Looks amazing though. Like all the,

all the pieces are there. Joe wrote in and said, anyone want to get bold and get bold really and draft Wolverine. Oh. It was on my list. It could have been a fun one this and the other,

but I just don't believe it's this year. No. I think that game was way further out than people think. Yeah. This is just a, Router, writing in with some commentary.

I think one of the big factors for most of the games will be looking actively in which window GTA 6 is released so they can steer clear away from it. Debs might hold their release. Of course, well known as we've talked about it. Then here's where people are just really criticizing. Real Deal, Jay O'Neill writes in it says, no crimson desert, fandom

blade zero, Wu Chang, Wu Chang Fall and Feather, mixtape, which happened later. Wolf Among Us 2. Happy 10 years. Love you guys. No shot. I thought about Wuchong for a bit. I think too many questions. The best thing is, like, we've gotten games like Steller Blade or Rives of the Ronin or like, games

that we've seen that I think fit in a similar mold but come out either great or like not as great but none of them are breaking 90s. So I look at Wu Chong and I'm like that looks cool is it going to live up? That was a contender for fifth round pick. Bustis and bridges popped in and says mixtape, mafia dispatch, all absent is crazy to me. I mean, mafia reviews poorly on Medicare.

Yeah. Yeah. It'll be interesting to see this one with a linear one, not an open world one. Is that going to solve some of the problems and make it something people are into? We'll see. Fox the Future said, are you all tripping over skate four or what? Lock it in. Yeah, but that's early access. I don't think you're going to review it.

But I don't think you're going to review it positively in her access. I think it's going to be like a 70. Joe S. said pick Dynasty Warriors, you coward. I thought about it. I looked into it. It also reviews very poorly, although me and Mike have been talking.

You already know. I'm already on that. I got a list. Mike's going to draft it for 70 bucks. Just let them do it. Not so famous James says, do we think lies of PDLC drops this year slash reviews well?

It does, but I don't know if it'll like I mean the original lies of he got like an 84 or something yeah yeah still points but and then final one electric Greg Tar says bless how did you not draft fifu um I don't know man it's too risky I'm excited for it but just because I'm excited for something doesn't translate to like I figure what's the full title rematch rematch is that an early access one as well no I believe that's like this announcement that's the other thing is like does

actually hit 2025 we'll see but how fleshed out is it is it just very simple right like yeah I have a thing for myself when it comes to these things things is like I try to stay away from multiplayer because I think most player more times and not aren't going to they aren't critical darlings aren't critical successes in that way. Unlike Marvel rivals unlike Marvel rivals yeah summer

it's summer Andy why don't you start walk us through your entire team before we do countervix I went with Civ 7 Doom the Dark Ages you can you can like Perry Shield you have a shield and stuff really cool looking

Avowed skate story hopefully an indie darling that really just captures the hearts and minds of people across the nation and the world. And football match at 2025. That's good.

Good list. But it's not as good as I thought you're going to go next. And then it's not as good as mine Ailo Reach games. I'm starting off with Ghosts of Yote. Yote. Yote.

Metro Prime 4 Beyond south of midnight. Slay the Spire 2 and Zeno Blade Chronicles X definitive edition. Thank you, man. This is the big comeback. Yeah, this is a really good list right here.

He's played such bullshit. It's playing by the rules, but it's such fucking bullshit. Like, gameslay the Spire and Metro Prime and Ghost of the Ote is like, it's crazy. We let them do that. I got a remix of us.

But it's Slate the Spire of Concord. We don't know, Roger. We don't know. So I was just going to go down and then I'll do Barrett before me. Oh, okay. You'd like me to do it. Oh, got you.

I don't know where he is. Hi, I'm Snowbike Mike drafting for team Snowbike Mike. And, you know, this is a great draft. I was really thrown off. I was projected to go fourth round picks on this one. But I got bumped up to second round because we randomized it. So shout out, center structure.

And, you know, Barrett really threw me off. I thought he was going to grip a Grand Theft Auto 6. He did exactly what I would have done with Monster Hunter Wilds. That's what I was going to go for. So I had to roll the dice with GTA 6. And you got to believe, right? This is the year believed. You got to believe that rock.

Star says, yo, it's been 10 plus years. We're going to give you the greatest game ever. This is the year. Really big on Expedition 33. Once you get into that second to fourth round, it's kind of a mixed bag, right? You didn't know where you wanted to go. There's a lot of games.

There's not a lot of games. So it's an odd vibe. So I went with Expedition 33. In the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which I feel confident with those two. Trails in the Sky First Chapter. That's for you, Chad, out there. And Hyperlight Breakers for my best friend, Andy Cortez.

this year will be determined on if I say Andy fucked me or not throughout the year. I love it. I love it. God damn it. Tim or I guess Paris would be next. Your whole team score cannot rely on me. It does. It does now. It does the whole year.

So my picks were Fable, which is the big holiday game for Xbox, which will come in 2025. Hollow Night Soak song, because God damn it, this has to be the year. It has to be. It has to be. And then I took Like a Dragon, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Again, I think solid point earner. Assassin's Creed Shadows, I get, it's controversial, it's been delayed, but Ubisoft is literally betting the company on this game. So if they're ever going to get this right, this has to be the time. Again, I think it's going to be a solid point. I feel like this is going to be a mid-80s game, which is why I went with it. And then the outer worlds too. Yeah.

So it's obsidian, man. The first one was great. think this one is going to be good. I disagree with the panel, Greg, that it won't make 2025. I think it will. So I went with that. Again, I think it'll be solid on the points.

I do love that Roger asked, but like a dragon, is it over saturation, which is like, we always ask you guys that, and you always prove no. I got to throw it around sometimes. You know, I may put some doubt

and everyone's heads. My list is very good if they actually come out because we do have two unannounced games on this list. But I feel good about them. Unannounced mainline 3D Mario platformer that I am still convinced

will feature heavily Donkey Kong. I do think that's... Now, does it count if it's a dual protagonist game? That's a good question. If it says Mario and Donkey Kong, the game... Because what if I pick Donkey Kong, like unannounced Donkey Kong game?

Do you get it? No, because it's a thing. It's by the team that made Mario Odyssey. That's what we know what we're talking about. And also, the site will... The site will change it. It will. It will.

And I feel confident. If it doesn't Tim come to me, we can figure it out. Exactly. But no, I feel confident they will because they'll know, but also it will feature Donkey Kong. Pokemon Legends, I just think it's easy. And then 2KXO. Nope, 2X-KO. Drain Quest 1 and 2 HD 2D remake.

I'm a little worried. I made a bad call there, but we'll see. And then Res. I hope it. I love it. I love it. For mine, I picked up split fiction, followed by Death Stranding 2 on the beach, followed by Wanderstop, Mario Kart, the unannounced one for the next

mainline console and mixtape. Barrett? My team, my first round pick was Monster Hunter Wilds. Then I picked up Earthblade, which is

the follow-up game from the developers of Celeste. Then I have Citizen Sleeper 2, Starward Vector. Then I have C of Stars Throws of the Watchmaker, which is an upcoming D.L.C. for C of Stars.

And then I have Dispatch that tale-tale-like game from ad hoc that stars Aaron Paul who works with a bunch of superheroes. seems very funny. Very fun.

For me, in Act of 1 games, I picked Eldon Ring, Night Ring, Night Rain, sorry. Metal Gear Solid, Delta Snake Eater, Indiana Jones,

in the Great Circle, the Order of the Giants, Mina the Hollower, and Moonlighter 2, the endless vault. Now, it's time for counterpicks. It begins with me, and I will say,

you all have assembled, very good lists. Everything is just a gamble of, is that game going to come out? That's the biggest problem, right? of like where do you want to go and hopefully get zero points and lock in a spot for it. What do you point it yourself for?

You pick mine. Pick me. It's terrifying. Someone has to do it. Someone has to do it. I don't know. It's in the running. It's between, of course, Grand Theft Auto 6, a huge swing.

And of course, then a couple on Paris's list. They're less excited. And again, not a knock to Paris. These games, I'm not, I'm not concerned when I can't wait for Fable. I can't wait for the Outer Worlds, too. You know? Do it for the car. content.

Well, somebody else will do it for the content. Somebody else will go for GTA 6. I'll tell you right now. I'm going for GTA 6 if it gets to me. Wow. 1,000%. That game's not coming out this year. No way.

Let him do it. Just let him do it. I'm going for GTA 6. This is crazy. I'm crossing awesome. I'm begging you guys not to pick GTA 6 so I can pick GTA 6. Honestly, for me it's between GTA 6 and Fable. And I'm honestly more confident in Fable coming in this year than GTA 6, but I'm not.

I don't want to. that fire. What if we just say, like, let's not counterpick TTA? As a family, let's not. Let's just hold hands right now. With the first counterpick in the 2025 fantasy critic, I'm picking grand theft auto sticks. I will either live or die on that pick.

We will see. We will see everything. I'm so glad that that decision was yours because I didn't want to say yes or It's like you've gotten the notification that rush has filed the missile and you're like, do I figure out my hand? Am I going backwards or is that a misfire? Fuck. All right, Andy, you're the next counterpick. I got to figure out a different counterpick. I thought for sure I could get it. Okay. All right.

It's really kind of tough here because I just don't. It's a really good run of games this year. Can I help you? Yes. We talked about early access, reviews, possibilities. Maybe this team doesn't. deliver hyper light breaker you're going to have him counterpick a game on your team yeah which you then won't be able to drop you know what's not a bad call because this is like a i'm trying to

help i'm trying to help i'm trying to get real right now mike you're kind of putting me in the NFL football fantasy mind frame where i go if i counterpick against the dallas cowboys and they do great oh well my team is great my game is great i love this video game but if it's bad i still somehow benefit, you know? Yeah. I see where you're at right there. I'm just trying to help you out. I'm trying to help the whole panel out to think about that game.

I see where you're at. Why did you change your team to team Andy made me pick it? That's good. That's good. I figured out the buttons. I didn't even notice that. You fucking idiot. I, uh, I don't know.

I'm going to go with That, man, that might be the Don't be afraid. That's a good selection. I'll be afraid, Andy. I'm going to go with I'm looking at Tim's and I'm looking at mics

But I'm also looking at Paris is very strong. Please, please, please pick all my games. Please. Okay. Lock them into Fable. I have decided that my pick will be Hyper Lightbreaker.

Wow. That's not a good pick. That's a good pick. That's like me betting against a Ghostbusters game. It's an early access game. And I don't know if the multiplayer is going to really be the thing. Multiplayer games like Blessing was mentioning, I feel very similarly where you lose a lot of the love that single player. You can play this game by itself, though, right?

You can, but it's, you know, it's one of the situations where I just, I just don't know. I don't know. The thing with me with Hyperlake Breaker is on paper, it sounds like the perfect and your blessing game, right? It is a third person action, rogue light with a really cool art style and like, you know, like I really, I fucked with, um, where was the previous game? Solar Rash, right? Like, that was a cool game.

Like, I look at that game and I'm like, this should do it for me, but I played it at Summer Game Fest. And for some reason, it didn't stick as much as I wanted it to. Granted that six months ago, it's coming out this month in early access, so it could come out and be good and all that stuff. But there's part of me that's like, is the, early accessness of this game gonna take away from the quality of it?

Like is this the game that's gonna shine more when it's actually in 1.0 and like everything is ironed out and all that stuff. Also, I was going for Resident Evil. But that said also, I think if this gets a score, I don't think it's getting under a 70.

Right? Like I could see, I think on the low end, maybe like a 77, 78. Oh, I mean, I don't think anything picked is going to get a bad score today. That's a good point. Yeah. Roger.

Roger may help you. Yeah, I have another selection off of my list. help you with this. Kingdom come deliverance to, Roger. Have you thought about locking this one in now? I have thought about it. I just want you to know, Roger, like, people are bored of medieval. They don't want to hear these people talk, snooty.

They just want guns. They want hyperviolence. Nobody's going to play this game. This game? 75. I know. I saw that. I'm actually going with something else on your list.

That I just them, this could be really great or it could just be a 70, right? and I think it is Expedition 30. Fuck! Right? You just really don't know with this epic game. It has so much star power behind it, has so much energy,

so much budget behind it. But also it's Unreal Engine 5, right? It's a team, I think it's their first game ever, right? Like, you don't really know where this is going to land. It might get delayed or it might just be mid or it might be amazing. So I'm going to take that gamble there, Expedition 33. It's, yeah, it's a team of 30 people who are trying to make their own persona.

Persona like, and it seems like, yes, it has a lot of budget behind it. How much of that budget has gone to caps? passing people like why am I blank Andy Circus but also Charlie Cox is like

the main character and stuff and it's like yeah we'll see I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that game

is gonna end up being like a high 60s I'll yeah that's one that I feel better about that game I feel good about it but I keep seeing marketing for it where one I see the marketing

everywhere kind of crazy like that game will pop up just on Twitter or on TikTok or whatever and I'm like damn y'all going real hard but also in the marketing

I see like I forget the exact phrasing of it, but it's something along the lines of, like, the game that'll redefine JRPGs. And I'm like, you can't say that. That doesn't seem like a thing that you should claim and try to be, especially as a non-Japanese develop game. Especially as like a game that's just doing persona. Yeah. Yeah, so I mean, yeah, there's a lot of great picks here. So I think this is the one that I feel the least about.

Great job, Roger. Great job. Shut from psych me out. You got him. You don't know anything. I'm playing a game that you don't understand quite. yet. Remember, I'm always about two steps out out of you here. Remember that.

I am playing a game that you can't see quite yet, which is great. Harris, Lilia, you're up next. So, I will have to leave after this because I got to get ready to go to raw Netflix. Love it. That's going to be amazing. That's awesome. But, Tim,

yeah, I think you picked one too many unannounced games. Oh, yeah. And I'm going with Resident Evil now. I wanted that. Yeah. I really wanted that. I get it.

I get it. I get it. I get it. I mean, it makes sense, though, right? Yeah, the timing is right. It's just, but Capcom also has Monster No Wilds this year. Yeah, exactly. That didn't stop them, though, the last time, right?

Like, actually, maybe it did. Well, I think we, I think we, there's a high chance we see it, but I don't think it releases in, in 2025. Yeah, that's a fair assessment. You guys put me in a really rough position because, yeah, like, after, TTA got picked, I was going to pick Resonie Evil. Bye, Paris. So I'm going to get you guys later.

Have fun. See soon. Blessing, may I sell you on Jesus Christ? Trails in the sky, first chapter. That's a bad one. Who's ever heard of this game made up words on this one? I promise you bless this. They can score in that high. Does Mike think there's a rule that exists? He gets a bonus points for more

people who are counterfeit? Is I trying to go for the lowest score maybe or something like that? I don't know what's happening. Yeah, I'm looking. I'm, I'm, I'm, I I looked up the open critic for the Legend of Euros franchise, which Trails are the first, whatever the fuck is coming out in. Nice job, Perry. Trails of Cold Steel got a 79. Trills through daybreak has a 85.

Trails from Zero has an 83. No, I'm not picking that. I mean, low 80s. What's wrong with you? So, no, I'm not picking that. I mean, there's not many games, though. That's the problem. Is that game coming out next year?

Or is it going to do that well? Like, I'm excited for dispatch, but it is a telltale game and a modern era. People are really going to connect with them and love it? I hope so, but who knows. quick, while you debate, I want to point out, we have about 4,000 people watching live for us right now. And as a reminder, we are less than 200 away from having 300,000 subscribers on YouTube.com slash Kind of Funny Games. So even if you're one of the 1,500 on Twitch or whatever, it would mean a lot if you went over to YouTube, logged in your Google, and just freaking click the goddamn subscribe button for me.

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And I'm going, here's the thing, right? You talk about, you know, like, are these games going to do as high or whatever? That's not what I'm thinking about right now. Because, like, I'm going for 70. I am going for unannounced. For me, I think there are still games on the board

that might not come out. And I feel like that's a better bet than like the lower games. And I'm down to two games, both of which could really fuck me. Really, like, royally, And I want to play the game of, hey, if it doesn't come out, guess what, I get the points. But if it does come out, guess what? I get to play a game and I'm really looking forward to.

Oh, okay. Those two games. So off in the blow. Yeah. Because guess what? If a 3D Mario comes out this year, fuck Fantasy Critic, I get to play a 3D Mario. Yeah, that's beautiful. If Earthblade comes out this year, fuck Fantasy Critic, I get to play Earthblade.

So I'm picking one of these two games. Wow. Wow. I'm picking one of these two games. Pick Earthblade. Earthblade. There's a good chance of Mario Platformer comes. out.

It's like, what else a really good chance? What else would you launch to switch with? Mario Carrying and a time remake? You know what I mean? Animal Crossing.

I don't know. I don't know as he came out. Yeah, it was so long ago. Yeah. It was eight years ago. Game of the years. I was it.

Yeah. And like, honestly, this is against my best interest, but you should, of those two picks, it should be Earthblade. You're right.

What if I got, I'm gonna be honest. I don't know what game to play now, so I'm gonna be quiet. No, like, this isn't me

trying to play checkers like Mike is playing checkers right now. Whatever the hell Mike's doing. No, because he thinks he's playing chess, but he's really just playing checkers. I do think of those two picks, Earthblade, is the smarter pick just because it's an indie team that does, like,

who knows what their availability is into actually getting this game out this year, you know? And you know these Nintendo freaks are going to be creaming their jeans with whatever Nintendo puts out. It's true. They're disgusting. I want to do it for the plot. Do it. Do it, do it, do it.

But I'm not. I'm gonna pick Earthblade. Yeah, actually, actually, fuck it. I'm picking Mario. Oh my God. Oh my God. Crazy. Yeah, I thought he said yipchah.

Yeah, I thought he said yipchah for years. I was like, what did the Ewog say is not yipchah? Yipcha. Wow. Blessing you're crazy. You're insane. Yeah, that is... You've lost.

Yeah. You're normally very smart. I like it. I like it. Everybody's throwing this year. It's crazy. Do it for the plot. I respect it.

Because here's the thing. I think I am more satisfied with a loss happening on 3D Mario than I am with Earthblade. If I lose on Earthblade coming out, I will be very pissed. If I lose on Mario coming out, guess what?

Like, I'm fucking going out into Blaze's the Lord. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did the damn thing. Is it me? It is him. It is him tomorrow. I'm very happy about this. Just so everyone knows the game I'm playing.

I've been making a list of counterpoints. And while a counterpics, and while I trust bless implicitly, I don't 100% trust him. So I did not even write down the game that I'm going to choose on this in case he looked at it. And it's dispatch. That's insane.

I do not think that dispatch hits next year. And if it does, I don't think it reviews that great. It reminds me a lot of stray gods, the role playing musical game. Which like, obviously, we're very hype for, very cool, a lot of friends working on it, awesome stuff.

I just don't think that all those things combined to a game that's going to review very well. My only counterpoint to that is that, like, narrative tell-tale-like games have been done before. The difference with that and the one that you just mentioned is that that was a musical. And from what I understand, like, the musical elements is something that, like, has never been tried before. And that was definitely something that, like, hindered that game, although people say that the music from it was really good. There was that one game musical. What was the Yuki Naja?

The really bad was from the Dillon's Wonderland. That was Balland Wonderland. I'm pretty sure that was after though. Didn't that come out after? No, I was before, but also that let's just not talk about that ever again. Remember that game?

He's out of prison. He's out of prison. Oh, nice. First interview out of prison. It's a good one, everybody. All right, Mikey. You're holding your baby. Thank you so much.

much big dog. Team Andy made me pick this. Um, is up to the plate. And I've been trying to get you all to divert your attention onto my list this whole entire time. Because of course, I want to hide some of my feelings and my picks to myself. And of course, I look at a couple of games here. I look at Indiana Jones in the Great Circle DLC. I was really trying to hide that because I do have a belief that that could be and is probably the right counter pick when we're talking about low scores here. So yeah, that's getting me 12 points no matter what. No. Take it to the bank. Mike, can I saw you on a game called Kingdom Come Deliverance too?

Andy, I tried to get you on that one. I also turn my attention to Skate Story as well on that one. I turn my attention to Skate Story. Indiana Jones and Mix tape are my big three on my board there. And, you know, I tried my best to keep you all focused on my screen so I could get the best selection here. And I will go with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC for my counterpick. That's not bad.

I mean, we're coming off a year where Alan Wake had two pretty good DLCs, one better than the other, and they're still like low 80s to 70s, right? Night Spring got me 12 points, Tim. You don't think it doesn't know right now. Fuck up. I don't know what you said.

I don't even know what you said. All right. And then we look to the one the only, the boss baby, Barry Courtney. The final counter pick of the 2025 Finest draft. You never know. Baird, I think, might have taken it.

what? Was Indiana Jones on your list, Barrett? On my list? No. It's a counterpick. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, Mike did the whole thing. He was like, everyone picked my games.

I don't think anyone was thinking about Indiana Jones. I need somebody to go back to rewind to last year's episode of this, because I don't know if I thought the rules were every team had to have a counterpick. Like, we couldn't pick three from Mike's list. He already got one. So it's now I have to. I think maybe I thought that's what the rules were. No, because people, more than one people.

Multiple people counterfeit me. Okay. I know going into today, that's what I thought the rules were. I thought of like, oh, somebody picks something off a Mike's list. You can't pick from his anymore. Let's just fully lock in Mike. No, I think, ah, God.

I have a good amount of things I can pick. It's just what's the smart pick, right? There's football manager. There is, honestly, it hurts a little bit to say, Assassin's Creed shadows. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a mix tape.

Outer Worlds, too. Keep talking about the two big RPGs. Is it coming up? And yes, I chat, just to reiterate, if a game of yours is counterpicked, you cannot drop it. Yeah, you're locked. Yeah, you're locked into it.

Dude, that sucks for me. Yeah. I mean, both of those games are going to be a good year, though. You come from the land of the ice and snow, What was the game that they made before mixed tape, bless? Artful Escape. Artful Escape, yeah. Thank you.

I always forget it. You liked that game. I did not. Oh, you didn't like Arful Escape? No, and that's a game that should have been my shit. That's a game based off of, like, Bob Dylan and David Bowie and shit, and it just didn't. The Artful Escape. The Good is Timothy Shallow made this time.

The Odd Fill Escape. I'm going to pick Mix-Tate. I'm going to pick Mix tape. I'm going to pick Mix tape. Yeah. He's big and mixed tape. All right, now you're getting into it. a little bit of the Beatles.

Yeah. There's some Lenin there. And it's not that I don't think it's, it's going to review terribly. Oh, I thought you're going to keep on talking about my impression. Yeah, and it's not that like, it's just a little too British. I just, I have a feeling that it also just might not come out.

I don't think it hits next year. Yeah, so. This year. Fun thing here, right, looking at this. Three players don't have any counterpicks locked on them. So Paris Lilly, Raj Forger, and Andy Cortez. none of their games got counterpicked. Yes.

So they can drop any of their, well, not any of the games, but any of their games, if they wanted to use their drops on them, they can. Redemption story, everybody. Look out for those players. Before we get out of here, we should do one final read-through of them. We'll go person by person, and then I can give you the final commentary that we had from Super Chats.

Barrett, start me off. My picks for my fantasy draft team, Boss Baby Productions, is Monster Hunter Wilde's Earthblade, Citizen Sleeper 2 Starward Vector Sea of Stars, throws of the watchmaker and dispatch. My counterpick was mixtape from Blessings Team. Andy Cortez.

Team Andy May... Oh. Oh, you're right. Sorry, sorry. Sorry, Andy's name threw me off. My father. Team Andy made me pick this. We selected Grand Theft Auto 6, Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance to, Trails in the Sky, First Chapter, Hyper Lightbreaker. And I

counterpicked Indiana Jones in the Great Circle, D-LC. Timothy? Team hashtag Let's him published has unannounced mainline 3D

Mario Platformer Pokemon Legends Zah 2XCO Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD 2 HD 2D remake Resident Evil 9

unannounced and my counterpick was dispatch Blessing Tim Tendo my picks were split fiction that's trading 2

on the beach Wanderstop Mario Kart the unannounced ex mainline console game and mixtape and my counterpick was unannounced

mainline 3D Mario platformer How you feeling after that high of picking that. Oh man, I feel so good. I'm not lose, but I feel great. Up next is Paris with positivity P.

he picked Fable, Hollow Night's Silk Song, like a dragon, pirate yakuza in Hawaii, Assassin Street Shadows, the Outer Worlds 2 and counterpicked Resident Evil 9.

While that no one picked Silk Song. I guess this is the year that we all, if you know, like that's up in this year. Roger? Yeah, my team is ALo Reach Games,

and I picked a ghost of Yote, Metro Prime 4 Beyond South of Midnight's Slade the Spire 2 Zeno Blade Chronicles X definitive edition and I counterpicked

Claire Obscure Expedition 33 Didn't realize And it would have been dumb if any of us counterpicked any of your games Roger like you've got a fucking great list

that I think probably does all hit this year Cortez Nitro Rifle Games Sid Meyer Civilization 7 Doom the Dark Ages avowed Skate Story

Football Manager 25 and I counterpicked Hyperlight Breaker Wow And to round out the draft. It's me Greg Miller with Ecto 1 games. I picked Eldon Ring Night Rain of a Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater, Indiana Jones in the Great Circle, the Order of Giants. Meena the hollower, moon lighter to the endless vault.

And my counter pick is Grand Theft Auto 6. Crazy. If you all want to keep up with us as we go, Kindof Funny.com. Kindof Funny.com slash KF League 2025. Right now, close out your super chats, criticizing us. DeCash 1-14 Super Chatton said No Gears of War E-Day? Not even Exbot Paris?

I thought about it. I really did. I just, there's so much happen on Xbox this year. This could easily slip to 2026 and there was no release date. So I wanted to happen this year. I don't even think it's a slip.

Like I feel like 2026 is the vision. Yeah, I mean, there were rumors that it was 2025. So, yeah. I want it to happen. Greeny 22 Stream says, I'm surprised someone didn't pick up first berser Kazan, especially with the Ben Star Rub.

No. I mean, I previewed it. think it's going to be okay. I think it's going to be like an 81 or an 80. I don't think it's going to necessarily be something that everybody kind of goes. Yeah, I don't think it's going to be for. Yeah, especially thinking of how much I loved Liza P. And I didn't love this game like I loved that one. And Liza P was like an 83 to everybody. That's my thing is like I think. I think the action genre is kind of a steep climb when you talk about like critical. You know, you're being compared to the best of the best. You're being compared to Eldon Ring, double may cry, like the best action

games you can think of. And I think for any developer to compete in that space, critically it's going to be tough to get as high up there. Velocity Entertainment says, Hail Mary, he would have picked God of War trilogy remastered. Then does prayer hands, which would be insane, of course, but yeah, let's see if that happens.

And final one comes from Joe, who says no mecca break, Andy? No. Didn't that already come out? No, that was only its sort of open beta, alpha period or whatever. Gotcha. Played for 2025. And that is Fantasy Critic, 2025.

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